ryethenovel Chapter 37 Forming a Grudge
Chapter 37 Forming a Grudge
Upon receiving the news, Zhao Xueming realized that the person he had been searching for for so long was actually at Beichuan Department Store, and he immediately understood!
No wonder he saw the watch and lighter at Beichuan Department Store yesterday. It turns out the person he was looking for was in cahoots with Lan Baojun!
Zhang Dequan and Lan Baojun swallowed hard at the same time. How could Zhang Beichuan act like he was dead just because he touched this living person?
"Ogawa..."
Zhang Beichuan glanced back at his grandfather Zhang Dequan, who seemed hesitant to speak, gave him a reassuring look, then looked at A-Qiang and muttered to himself.
"It was my first time using it, so I wasn't sure what to expect and I set the gear too high. I'll have to downshift next time."
After all, this is used to electrocute pigs. Even a 300-pound pig can't last more than ten seconds, let alone a person weighing a hundred or so pounds. At full power, it is indeed a bit scary.
The young man squatting next to Ah-Qiang couldn't wake him up no matter what he did, but when he put his hand to Ah-Qiang's nose, Ah-Qiang was still breathing, and panic quickly spread.
"What the hell did you do to Brother Qiang?"
Zhang Beichuan bared his teeth and brandished his claws as he looked at the young man rushing towards him.
He placed his right hand, which was in his pocket, against his stomach, and pushed the switch forward only one notch, producing a slight crackling sound.
"Uh...uh...uh"
This time, Lan Baojun, standing to Zhang Beichuan's right, saw clearly that Xiao Chuan seemed to be holding something in his right hand, which was wrapped in a towel.
But he couldn't see clearly what it was.
With a "thump," the young man from before, just like Ah Qiang, fell to the ground.
Fortunately, a few young people behind him reacted quickly and caught him as he staggered.
"Brother Mouse? Brother Mouse?" One of the young men holding Mouse patted his cheek, "Wake up..."
Hearing the commotion coming from inside Beichuan Department Store, many neighbors mustered their courage and curiously gathered at the door, peering into the store and gasping in surprise.
Seeing that things were not going well, the remaining young men tried to drag A-Qiang and Hao-Zi away, but the two were weak in the knees and their bodies were twitching, so they couldn't lift them up at all.
"Why don't you give it a try?"
"No, no, no..."
The man scrambled backward to avoid him, but Zhang Beichuan didn't chase after him. He just stood there with a harmless smile on his face.
"Don't be afraid, I don't eat people."
The young man looked at Zhang Beichuan, who had taken half a step forward, and quickly said something.
"Don't come any closer, I... if you keep doing this, I... I'll call the police."
Zhang Beichuan laughed and took a step forward.
At this moment, Zhao Xueming rushed in with seven or eight people. When he saw A-Qiang and Haozi lying limp on the ground, his face turned ashen.
He first glanced at Zhang Beichuan, then fixed his gaze on Lan Baojun, his eyes dark and menacing.
"Did you do this?"
Still reeling from the shock, Lan Baojun swallowed hard.
Zhang Beichuan stepped forward and stood between the two, shrugging his shoulders with an innocent expression.
"With so many people watching, I didn't even touch him. They just collapsed on their own. Maybe they did too many wicked things, and God couldn't stand it anymore."
Zhao Xueming would never believe such an explanation, and was about to have someone teach Zhang Beichuan a lesson for repeatedly causing him to suffer in silence.
A henchman ran over and whispered a few words in his ear.
After hearing this, Zhao Xueming was stunned. Zhang Beichuan had only touched A-Qiang and Haozi, and they had both collapsed.
What's going on?
Internal energy?
"No, no, no... This is absurd!" Zhao Xueming muttered to himself, then looked at the mouse, whose eyes were still open but couldn't speak, its body twitching occasionally. Gradually, it regained consciousness. "Mouse?"
"Boss... Boss..."
"How are you? Are you alright?" Zhao Xueming asked, patting his cheek.
The mouse had just twisted its body when it felt a sharp pain in its abdomen, as if a steel needle had been inserted. It hissed and gasped for breath.
"No...it's nothing."
But when he saw the smile on Zhang Beichuan's face, he felt a chill run down his spine. This kid was too strange.
Just then, Ah Qiang, who had just fainted, gradually woke up, but his consciousness had not fully returned, and he stared blankly at the ceiling trying to wake up.
They intended to teach Lan Baojun and his gang a lesson, but unexpectedly, they not only failed to teach them a lesson, but also made such a fool of themselves.
Zhao Xueming felt aggrieved, but considering what his younger brother had just said, he didn't dare to start another conflict before figuring out why.
Anyway, Zhang Beichuan and Lan Baojun are going to do business on Jiefang Road. They can run away from the monks and the temple.
"Send him to the clinic!" Zhao Xueming yelled at his henchmen behind him, then stood up and stared intently at Zhang Beichuan. "Kid, I don't care what kind of underhanded tricks you used, this isn't over! You can forget about keeping this shop open."
Zhang Beichuan remained calm and took a step forward.
Having learned from the mistakes of A-Qiang and Haozi, Zhao Xueming and the others kept retreating.
"Zhao Xueming, you're going to act tough, and I'll play along. But I advise you to think carefully: your underhanded tactics might scare others, but they won't work on me."
Zhang Beichuan took two more steps forward, lowering his voice so that only Zhao Xueming could hear him.
"Do you believe I can make you end up like him, or that I can make you never wake up again?"
Zhao Xueming's pupils contracted as he looked into Zhang Beichuan's calm eyes, a chill inexplicably creeping down his spine.
This kid is too eccentric; he's completely different from the hotheads I've encountered before.
"What...what do you want to do?"
"Take your people and get out of here. If I ever see any of you in front of Beichuan Department Store again, they will serve as a warning to others."
The onlookers and neighbors also began to point and whisper. Many people were dissatisfied with Zhao Xueming and his gang's practice of collecting management fees, and they were somewhat gloating when they saw them get their comeuppance.
Zhao Xueming's face flushed red and then turned pale as he weighed the pros and cons.
He knew Lan Baojun's background and knew that if he really tried to force his way in, he might not be able to gain the upper hand.
Now Ah Qiang and Haozi have inexplicably fallen again; this kid's methods are bizarre...
With so many people watching, if we back down now, who on Jiefang Road will still obediently pay their dues in the future?
He gritted his teeth and uttered a harsh remark.
"Fine, you wait!"
After saying that, he waved for his underlings to lift Ah Qiang up, and then, covered in dust and dirt, he pushed his way through the crowd and left.
After everyone had gone, Zhang Dequan breathed a long sigh of relief, quickly closed the shop, and asked with lingering fear.
"Youngest, how...how did you do that just now?"
Zhang Beichuan smiled at his equally curious great-uncle Lan Baojun and showed them the pig-herding device he was holding, which was wrapped in a gauze scarf.
"This is the latest self-defense stun gun from abroad. At full power, it can temporarily knock someone unconscious, while at low power it can temporarily paralyze and incapacitate them."
"You can get your hands on this kind of high-tech stuff?"
"Won't that hurt someone?"
Lan Baojun and Zhang Dequan spoke at the same time, but their focuses were different.
"As long as you're willing to spend the money, there's nothing you can't get." After saying that, Zhang Beichuan turned to look at his worried grandfather, Zhang Dequan. "Third brother, this is just to scare people. Even if they report it to the police, it won't do any good. They won't be able to find out anything."
Besides, he also believed that Zhao Xueming wouldn't be foolish enough to report the case to the police.
Are you suggesting I go to the police station and say I brought people to cause trouble and got dealt with? That would be like lighting a lantern in a toilet.
"That's good...that's good, as long as no one gets hurt."
Zhang Dequan didn't want his younger brother to be invited for tea because of these trivial matters.
Lan Baojun glanced at Zhang Beichuan, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping himself.
"Would you like to see it?" Zhang Beichuan said with a smile.
"Yes." Lan Baojun rubbed his hands excitedly. This thing can render a person incapacitated as soon as it touches them, without even having to fight. It's unheard of!
"You can look, but this is something only the three of us can know about."
The stun gun was too futuristic; if word got out, Zhang Beichuan wasn't sure what kind of trouble it would cause.
Fortunately, the two people standing in front of him were family members he knew well and wouldn't act recklessly.
"This is our trump card, we definitely can't reveal it."
After Lan Baojun finished speaking, he watched as Zhang Beichuan handed over the stun gun, carefully stroking the palm-sized device.
Following Zhang Beichuan's instructions, I pushed the switch on the side, and a crackling sound rang out. If you looked closely, you could even see blue electric arcs, making you want to touch it and try it out.
But when he thought about what had happened to those people, Lan Baojun resisted the urge to act impulsively.